How to Erase a DVD+R DL ??

I have the Plextor, and can write to the above discs. But how do I erase them for another movie ??
Thanks, rick

DVD+R discs (as well as DVD-R) are write once, they can not be erased. If you want to erase and reuse a writable DVD you need to use either DVD-RW or DVD+RW and as far as I know these are both limited to single layer. Then there is DVD-RAM but not very many drives support that type of media.

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